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Title: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: Clan Line on April 27, 2024, 19:06:55 Belmont Pullman 27 April. Victoria to Bath Spa and return. (https://i.postimg.cc/15f314KK/20240427-JWN06627-ARW.jpg) (https://postimages.org/) Passing Yarnbrook at speed (https://i.postimg.cc/zBx891bM/20240427-JWN06679-ARW.jpg) (https://postimages.org/) Making easy work of Upton Scudamore Bank Title: Re: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: bobm on April 27, 2024, 19:54:50 Was waiting for those photos when I saw Clan Line was heading to Bath today.
Title: Re: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: CyclingSid on April 28, 2024, 07:27:02 Always good to see a Bulleid Pacific. In general, did he ever design a duff one apart from the infamous Leader class?
Title: Re: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: PhilWakely on April 28, 2024, 09:03:41 Was waiting for those photos when I saw Clan Line was heading to Bath today. She was steaming too well in the Avon valley, sadly spoiling my shots, so I retreated to higher ground for the return leg..... (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww255/PhilWakely/Bath3.jpg) Title: Re: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: Ralph Ayres on April 28, 2024, 18:51:28 Always good to see a Bulleid Pacific. In general, did he ever design a duff one apart from the infamous Leader class? If not duff then certainly overcomplicated for the reality of maintaining them, hence the decision to rebuild in a simplified form. Having said that, Clan Line in particular does seem to be one of the most reliable regular mainline runners, without the high profile failures you hear of for some of the other regulars. That reliability may well be at least partly down to the original design and build quality.Title: Re: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: eightonedee on April 28, 2024, 18:55:17 Quote Quote from: CyclingSid on Today at 07:27:02 Always good to see a Bulleid Pacific. In general, did he ever design a duff one apart from the infamous Leader class? If not duff then certainly overcomplicated for the reality of maintaining them, hence the decision to rebuild in a simplified form. Having said that, Clan Line in particular does seem to be one of the most reliable regular mainline runners, without the high profile failures you hear of for some of the other regulars. That reliability may well be at least partly down to the original design and build quality. But whoever was responsible for designing the net result of the rebuilt locos did "ace it" - they were really handsome engines. Almost pretty enough to be GWR designs....... Title: Re: Clan Line - by Clan Line ! Post by: bradshaw on April 28, 2024, 19:10:24 The original plan for the pacifics was to have the crankshaft driven with gears and a propellor shaft, as with a rotary cam poppet valve motion. This had to be abandoned because the necessary gears could not be obtained in 1941. It was then he moved to the chain driven version.
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